Hand button-attaching tool.



W. E. ELLIOTT & D. S. COLE.

HAND BUTTON ATTACHING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1913.

Patented Apr. 20, 1915.

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WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT AND DWIGHT SCOLE, F GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN; SAID COLEASSIGNORTO SAID ELLIOTT.

HAND 'BUTTon-ATTAcHING TooL.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT andDWIGHT S. COLE, citizens of the United States of America, residing atGrand Rapids, in the-county of. Kent and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hand Button-Atlarmaterial by means of a metallic staple,

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taching Tools; and we do hereby declare the "following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable othersskilled-inthe art to which it appertainsto makeand use the same.

I Our invention relates to improvements in hand button attaching tools,and more particularly to such tools adapted to attach shoe buttons andthe like to leather or simi- 1; Fig. 3 is a'vertical section of the jaws of the device illustrating the operation of clenching the buttonattachingstaple; Fig.

4 shows the same before the clenchingop'em ation has commenced; Fig. 5is an inverted sectional plan on the line 55 of Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is atransverse section through the points of the jaws taken on the line 66of Fig. 3, and, Fig. 7 is a similar transverse section showing the jawsseparatedas in .Fig. 4, andtaken on the line 7'7 of said Fig. 4. j

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This device is in the form of a hand plier consisting of two levers 1and 2 crossed and i pivoted together intermediate their ends,

the shorter ends 1 and 2 serving as the jaws of the plier, whileopposite or longer ends serve as the handle members thereof. These levermembers 1 and 2 are preferably formed of sheet metal stamped into theproper channeled shape, which enables them Specification of LettersPatent. Patented App 20 1915, Application filed May 9, 1913. Serial n0.766,555.

to be made very cheaply. A spring 3 is coiled about the pivot pin 1 ofthe plier, and its respective ends extend rearwardly and engage oppositehandle members to normally retain theplier jaws in open position.

One of the jaws 2 is adapted to receive the button 7, together with thestaple 8, and

for that purpose it is provided with a short longitudinal slot 5 in itsforward end, which is the proper size to receive the eye 7 of thebutton, and the lower surface of the aw is provided with depressions 6transverse of and adjacent to the said slot 5 adapted to receive thehead of the staple 8. A retaining spring) extends above the uppersurface of the jaw 2", and is provided in its forward end with alongitudinal slot9 corresponding and registering with the slot 5 in thebutton to raise the same and draw the head of the staple 8 snugly intothe depressions 6 in the under surface of the j aw; l 1

The retaining spring 9 is automatically depressed by a finger 12 whichprojects from the handle lever 1 and engages the said spring when thejaws are wide open to press the same into engagement with the jaw 2 .butreleases the said spring at the first movement of closingthe jaws.

The spring 9 extends backward from the point of the jaw 2 toward thepivot of the plier and is looped and passed through an opening in thejaw of the plier, and its lower end extends along the under surface ofthe said jaw toward the forward end thereof. The spring is attached bymeans of a screw 10, to the under surface of the jaw 2, and its lowerend 11 extends forward to the transverse depression 6 and forms a stopand guide shoulder to aid in adjusting the staple to its properoperative position. By looping the spring 9 and attaching it, as

. shown, to the under surface of the jaw, the

loop of the spring is substantially in the same plane with the slottedend of the jaw so that when the slotted end of the spring 9 rises awayfrom the upper surface of the jaw, this movement will be substantiallyvertical to the said end, thus raising the button in the desireddirection and preventing it from moving outward in the slot.

The lower jaw 1 forms the clenching die and is provided in its uppersurface with two concave depressions l8 which the points of theattaching staple enter after passing through the stock let and asthepoints engage the inclined surfaces of the recesses they will be turnedinward and thence, following the concave surfaces, upward again enteringthe leather, completely clenching the staple as shown in Fig. 6.

The principal advantages of this device, lie in the button retainingmeans. The usual form of construction in this type of device has been toattach a substantially flat spring to the upper side of the buttonholding jaw, and as such jaws were usually 1 made of cast metal theywere considerably thickerthan the ones shown herewith, which brought theattaching point of the retaining spring considerably above the plane ofthe end of the jaw, and consequently in rising away. from the said jawthe end of the spring would also move'outward, having a tendency tocarry the eye of the'button out" of the slot inthe jaw; Thisobjectionable feature has been entirely overcome in this invention'bythe form ofthe. spring 9, and the location, of the flexible portion ofthe same, for that, as the spring is released by the finger 12, it pullsthebutton directly upward drawing the staple firmly into the recesses 6and against the stop and guide shoulder on the end 11 of the springmember, thus holding the staple firmly in place in position to bedriven, and furthermore, the construction has been simplified-byutilizing the forward end of the lower fold of the spring as a stopshoulder, obviating the necessity and expense of forming such a shoulderon the jaw.

Copies o f this patent may be obtained for What we claim is V v 1. Abuttonattaching tool, comprising a pivoted aw having anopening'therethrough f near its pivot to receive a spring a slot.11113116 end to receive the eye of a buttonfand a spring having a slot,in the end registering 2. A button setting tool, comprising a stantiallyvertically to the end of the jaw.

channeled sheet metal pivoted jaw having an opening near the pivotandprovided at its outer end with a longitudinal slot toreceive, the eye ofa button, and a springabove 5 said jaw at one end and having: a slotregis- V tering with the slot in' the jaw, said spring also extending ina curve through the said opening and thence on the inner surface'of thejawfand secured thereto the inner end.

of the spring also extending-toe position opposite the slot in the jawto engage and guide a staple. c

3. A button attaching tool,'co1npr.ising a pivoted and channeled jawhaving an open- 1 'ing near the pivot and-adapted at its outer endtoreceive a button'iand stapleand also provided near its pivot with anopening, and a spring bent to extend-.tlironghcsaid opening andembracing the-jaw, one end thereofbeing adapted to engage andjlift abuttonjaway from the j aw and the-other end secured to the under side ofthe'jaw and V i adapted to engage and guide a staple. 1 .1

In testimony whereof we affix our signa- 1 tures in presence of twowitnesses. j i i WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT.

l/Vitnessesf LUTHER MoULToN, HAROLD O. VAN} ANTWERR I DWIGHT s; COLE. I

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of. Patents,

Washington, D. 0.,

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